Tallying device.



G. B. WOLF & E. B. SMITH.

TALLYING DEVICE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 24, 1910.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

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G.'B. WOLF & E. B. SMITH.

TALLYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1910.

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Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

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G. B. WOLF & E. B. SMITH.

TALLYING DEVICE.

'APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 24, 1910. 999,355. Patented Aug. 1,1911.

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TED STATES; PATENT OFFICE- CHARLES B. WOLF, OF FLEMINGTON, AND EGBERT B.SMITH, OF CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

' 'TALLYlNG DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

Application filed March 24, 1910. Serial No. 551,279.

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that we, CHARLES B. WOLF andEGBERT B. SMITH, citizens of the United States, residing at Flemingtonand Clarksin the counties of Taylor-and Harrison and-State of WestVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TallyingDevices; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to new and useful improvements in tallying devicesand our object is to provide means for directing numerals or othertabulating devices into engagement with a sect-ion of paper to make animprint on the paper.

A further object is to provide a ribbon or other ink carrying device,whereby the charaoter moved into engagement with the ribbon Will make animprint of the character upon the paper. I

A further object is to provide a plurality of the ribbons varying incolor and so mount t e same that any one of the ribbons may be turned toposition to receive the character forming devices.

A further object is to provide a suitable carriage upon which arerotatably mounted rolls for receiving the paper upon which the imprintsare made.

A further object is to provide means for controlling the rotatingmovement of said rolls.

A further object is to provide suitable keys for operating theimprinting characters.

A further object is to provide means for moving the carriagelongitudinally below the point of contact of the imprinting characters.

A further object is to attach the carriage moving mechanism to saidoperating keys, whereby when each'key or the space bar is operated, thecarriage will be moved one space longitudinally, and, a stlll furtherobject is to provide a suitable housing for the recording mechanism.whereby said view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view as seen online 3'3 Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a detall sectlonal view showmg the manner ofattaching the keys to the shifting mech-l anism for the carriage. Fig. 5is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 6 is a sectional view as seen on line6-6 Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of one of the imprintingdevices showing the manner of attaohing the same to its ,operating key,and, Fig. 8 is a detail sectional View of the means employed forcontrolling the movement of the paper receiving rolls.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates thecasing, which may be constructed in any preferred shape, but ispreferably oblong in general outline, one edge wall of the casing havinga curved projection '2 thereon for a purpose to be hereinafter setforth. Mounted within the casing l is a carriage frame 3, said carriageframe having rolls 4 and 5thereon, upon which is adapted to be wound astrip of paper or the like 6, the paper being wound from.

the roller 4 on to the roller 5, said rollers being manually operated toaccomplish this result. The shafts 7 and 8 upon which the rollers 4 and5 are mounted extendthe full length of the casing 1 and that portionthereof engaged by the rollers is square in cross section, so thatalthough the rollers are moved lengthwise of the shafts, said rollerswill be rotated when the shafts are rotated. The ends of the shafts findbearings in the end wallsof the casing and one end of each shaftprojects through the easing and 1s provided with turn buttons 9 and 10respectively, which are adapted to be rotated to wind the strip of paperupon p i the lever 13 is caused to frictionally engage the shaft 7 toprevent casual rotation thereof by engaging to the free end of the levera spring 15, the opposite end of the spring being attached in anysuitablemanner to the bottom of the casing. The tension of the spring 15will cause the lever 13 to bind upon'the shaft 7 and prevent casualrotation thereof, thereby holding the strip of paper 6taut between thetwo rollers, but when it is desired to freely rotate the shaft 7, thelever 13 is elevated by extending a stud 16 through the end wall of thecasing 1 and in such position as to be readily en gaged to direct upwardpressure thereon,

said stud extending through a slot 17 in the end wall of the casing andwhen the free end of the lever is so elevated, the pressure is removedfrom the shaft 7, thus permitting the same to be freely rotated.

The end sections of the carriage frames are provided with feet 18, whichfeet slide in sockets 19, thereby holding the carriage in properalinement as it moves lengthwise of the casing. One of the feet 18 isprovided on-onegof its edges with teeth 20, with which teeth cooperatesthe teeth of a gear 21 and as said gear is rotated, the carriage will bemoved toward one end of the casing.

The diameter of the gear is such as to move. I

the carriage from one end of the casing to the opposite end thereof andin order to permit the carriage to return to its initial position whenit has been moved lengthwise of the casing, a portion of the teeth onthe gear 21 is removed and when the blank space 22 on the gear 21 hasbeen turned adjacent the teeth 20 on the foot 18, the carriage 3 will bereturned to its initial position by means of a spring 23, which springispreferably arranged spirally and has one of its ends attached to thecarriage, while the opposite end thereof is secured to a post 24extending upwardly from the bottom of the casing and it will be readilyseen that as the carriage is moved longitudinally by the gear, thetension of said spring will be greatly increased, as it is paid out tofollow the carriage.

The gear 21 is rotated through the medium of a ratchet 25, which ismounted upon the shaft v26 carrying the gear 21, a lever 27 beinglikewise mounted upon said shaft 26 and having a pawl28 which-cooperateswith the ratchet and it will be readily seen that as the lever 27 isrocked backand forth, the gear 21 will be intermittently rotated. Thelever 27 is operated through the medium of aipitrnan29, which pitman isattached to a assess shank 30 fixed to a shaft 31 and as said the gear.The shaft 31 is operated thrdugh the medium of a plurality of push rods33,70

the outer ends of which projectthrough the curved Wall of the projection2, While the inner ends thereof are entered through a guide-plate 34,each push rod being connected to a shank 35, each of which shanks isrotatably mounted upon the shaft 31 and in order to cause the shaft 31to rotate when the rods 33,.are moved inwardly, the shanks 35 haveattached thereto a pawl 36, which engages a projection 37 on a disk 38and as said disk is fixed to the shaft 31, it will be readily seen thatas the shanks 35 are moved inwardly by the inward thrust of the pushrods, theshaft 31 will be rotated and the pitman'29 moved forwardly tooperate the lever 27 and said push rods are returned to their initialposition by means of a spring 39, which surrounds the push rod 33between the guide plate 34 and a collar 40. As the lever 27 is swunginwardly, the pawl 28 will move around the ratchet 25 a suflicientdistance to engage the next succeedin tooth on the ratchet and thepitmanand lever are returned to their initial positions by means of aspring 41, one end of which spring is attached to the shank 30 and theopposite end thereof to the guide plate 34 and as said lever movesrearwardly, the gear 21 will be rotated to move the carriage1ongitudinally of the casing the distance of one space. H

Each push rod is provided with a depending ear 42 and through each earis provided a slot 43, with which coiiperates a pin 44 carried by. thestem 45 of a type bar 46,

thereby providing a movable connection be- 4 tween the push rods andtype bars. The type bars are rotatably mounted upon a shaft 47, whichshaft is curved to ronform to the curvature of the projecting wall 2 andthe curvature of said wall and shaft is such as to cause all of the typebars'to engage the roll 4 at the same relative point, when said typebars are operated one at a time.

As best shown in Fig. 2, the type bars are curved to cause the type end48 thereof to engage the paper on the roller'4 at a point substantiallyabove the shaft 7, while the pivotal point of the type bar or the shaft47 is positioned below the push rods 33.

The object in providing the movable connection between the type barandthe push rod is to permit of-a swinging movement of the stem of thetype bar, while the push rod moves in a straight line. I

The outer ends of the push rods 33 are of the push rods, one of which isused as a a 1 provided with keys 49, which contain a rep type bars.

space bar and does not have a type bar attached thereto, while theremaining keys are provided with numerals from one to nine and the zero,the type bars having at their ends corresponding numerals and the zero,so that the operator can readily ascertain what rod to operate in orderto get a particular number.

Positioned between 'the ends of the type bars and the roller 4 is a tapeor ribbon having ink thereon, so that when the type is moved intoengagement with the ribbon and the ribbon forced against the paper onthe roller, an imprint of the character contained upon .the type barwill be made upon the paper. There are preferably four ribbons used, asshown at 50, 51, 52 and 53, each ribbon being of a different color, so

that the grade of lumber may be indicated as well as the number of feetthereof, as for instance, a blue ribbon will indicate that the lumber isof first grade, a difierent colored ribbon another grade and so on,while the number of feet will be indicated by the numerals on the paper.The ribbons are secured in any suitable manner to a frame 54, whichframe is rotatably mounted on a stub shaft 55 depending from the upperwall of the casing 1 and said frame is rotated to bring any desiredribbon over the roller 4 by attaching thereto a gear 56, with whichengages a segmental rack 57, said rack being also pivotally secured tothe upper wall of the casing and provided with a handle 58 and it willbe readily seen that when the handle is swung back and forth, the frame54 will be rotated and thevproper ribbon positioned to receive the endsof the type bars. The handle 58 is of sufiicient length to extendthrough a slot 59 in the side wall of the casing 1 and by providing oneedge of the slot with notches 60, into which the lower portion of thehandle 58 seats when moved back and forth, the frame 54 will always bestopped at the proper position to bring the record ribbon in position toreceive the ends of the The ribbons are preferably loosely mounted uponthe frame 54 so that as the paper is wound from off theroller 4, thetype and ribbon will descend a suflicient distance-to permit the type tomake an imprint upon the paper and ifdesired, the ribbons may beadjustably mounted upon the frame, whereby a length of ribbon may beused and gradually moved endwise to renew the ribbon as it becomes worn.

As a portion respective push rodsare. disposed at an angle to thelongitudinal axis of therollers in order point, a portion of the pushrods-are provided with the push rodsmovein a direct hue and at of thetype barsand their,

to causethe ends of, all the type bars. to. strike at approximately thesame link. sections 61, so that'although I pact an instrument aspossible, each altersection 62, which will dispose a portion of in whichevent, the push rods may be more closelyassembled and the amount ofspace required to accommodate said keys reduced to a minimum.

In operation, the strip of paper is wound upon the roll 4' and theopposite end therewhen the casing l is placed in the thereto,

the hand being [first introduced hand,

tom of the casing and this operation will place the fingers of the handupon that side of the casing through which the ends of the push rodsproject, while the thumb will remain on the opposite side of the casingin osition to engage and operate the handle 58 of the ribbon shiftingmechanism. The section of lumber is then measured to ascertain thenumber of feet therein and if of the first grade, the handle 58 isoperated to bring the ribbon 50 in position to receive the ends of thetype bars, when the proper type bars are operated and the number of feetof lumber indicated upon the strip of paper,

the piece being measured, the operator strikes the key containing thenumeral 1 and then the key containing the numeral 2, thus indicatingupon the paper that there are twelve feet in the piece, while the colorof the ribbon will indicate the grade of the lumber. The shifting rod 64is then operated or moved inwardly, which will movethe carriageforwardone space, when another piece of lumber is to be measured -andindicated as before.

dicating the number .of feetin the piece of timber are preferably placedin columns, so that if the piece of timber contains less than-tenfeet,the number of feet is indicated by operating the proper type bar and thespace rod operated twice in succession,

which will move the carriage in the proper when another'piece of timberis measured. If other than the countered, the handle 58 is movedlaterally and engaged with such notch as will dispose the proper ribbonin positionto receive For convenience of illustration, the push actualpractice in order to provide as comthe keys in a plane above the otherkeys,'

of extended .below the roll 5 and attached position to -receive'theimprint of the-key first grade lumber is en nate push rod may beprovided with a crank through a loop 63 depending from the :bot-

as for instance, if there'are twelve feet in The numerals inthe ends ofthe type bars, when the keys are operated to 'imprint upon the paperthenumberof feet contained within the piece of amber, As soon as thecarriage has 6 been moved lengthwise of the casing its full length, thebutton 10 is rotated and the strip of paper wound upon the roll 5 a 7sufficient distance to receive a new row of figures'and any suitableform of signaling device may be mounted within the casing A to indicatewhen the carriage has moved its full distance in one direction.

The carriage is held in its adjusted position by means of a pair oflatches 65 and 36, said latches being pivotally mounted in any" suitablemanner to the bottom portion of the casing and are preteral'ilypositioned on opposite sides of said gear, the latches being held inengagement with the teeth of the gear by means of springs (57 and 68,and by providing the two latches, it will. be readily seen that the gear221 will be held against reverse rotation at all times. It will likewise be seen that when the carriage has been 'moved its" full distancein one direction-and the blank space 22 moved into registration ith theteeth 20, the carriage will be refl'eased from the gear, when the spring23 I will return the carriage-tons initial position. As before stated,the roller 5 is held against reverse rotationby means of the ratchet andpawl carried by the shaft and brake lever respectively, while the roller4c is held" against casual rotation by the pressure of the brake leveron the shaft? occasioned by the tension of the sp1*ing :l5, but whenthe'strip of paperis being wound upon-the roller 4 or it is otherwisedesired to have said roller freely rotate, upward pressure is directedon the .stud 16, which will remove the pressure of the brake lever uponthe shaft 7 and permit the roller a to readily and freely rotate.

The strip of paper will necessarily be of 5 some length, so that themeasurements of a large quantlty of lumber may be indicated upon asingle strip and by using the dilierent colored ribbons, the grade ofthe lumber can be ascertained at a glance; I

As soon as the strip of paper has been filled with the numerals, it isremoved. from the roller 5 and filed away for future reference and inview of the compact form of the strip of paper, it will occupy but aminimum amount of space, while at the same time it will be readilyaccessible for reference thereto.

It will thus be seen that we haveprovided a positive means for recordingthe measurements of a piece of lumber and at the same time indicate thegrade of the lumber and it will'likewise be seen that the device can beconstructed compactly, so as to be carried and operated by one hand anditwill likewise F be seen that in view of the simplicity of the variousparts, it can be manufactured'at a minimum expense and at the same timebe strong and durable,

What We claim is 1. In a tallying device, the combination m. with acasing, a carriage movably mounted msaid casing, rods extending thelength of said casing and through said carriage frame, rolls carriedby-the carriage frame and slidably mounted on said rods and adapted to.rotate therewith, means whereby said rods may be manually rotated, astrip of paper carried by said rolls and adapted to be wound from one tothe other, means to prevent rotation of one of the rolls in onedirection, additional means to direct frictional 1 pressure on the otherroll to prevent casual rotation thereof, a plurality of type bars, meansto move one end of the type bars into engagement with the strip of paperand additional. mean cooperating with the type bar operating mechanismsto move the carriage frame and rolls longitudinally of the casing.

2. In a tallying device, the combination with a casing having socketstherein, of a carriage frame having feet adapted to enter and slide insaid sockets, rolls carried by said frame and a strip of paper adaptedto be wound from one to the other of said rolls, one of said feet havingteeth thereon, of a gear having teeth arounda portion of its edgeadapted to engage the teeth on said foot and move the carriagelengthwise when the gear is rotated, a plurality of type bars, push rodsadapted to lower said type bars into engagement with the strip of paperand means interposed between said push 'rods and said gear adapted torotate the gear one space with each operation of a push rod. In atallying device, the combination with a carriage and a gear to move saidcarriage lengthwise, of a lever means between the lever and gear torotate the gear when the lever is swung in one direction, a pitmanconnectediat one end to said lever, a shaft having a fixed shank towhich the opposite end of said pitman is pivotal-1y attached, aplurality of shanks movable on said shaft, means cooperating with saidshaft and mov--' able shanks to cause the shaft to rotate when theshanks are swung in one direction and push rods connectedtosaid movableshanks. I I i 4. In a tallying device, the combination with a movablecarriage, of a gear cooper ating with said carriage, ashaft carryingsaid gear, a ratchet fixed to said shaft, a lever pivoted on said shaft,a'pawlcarried by the lever and codperating with said 135 ratchettorotate the shaft and gear when the lever is swung in one direction, apitman pivoted to the end of said lever, a rotatable shaft, a shankfixed to said rotatable shaft" and pivoted. to the opposite end ofsaid'pit- 1 shanks adapted to engage said projections man, a plurality ofdisks fixed to said rota- In testimony whereof we have signed our '10table shaft and having projections thereon, names to this'specificationin the presence of a plurality o f shanks pivoted on said r0ta-, twosubscribing Witnesses. table shaft, pmvis carried by the pivoted CHARLESB WOLF and cause The shaft to rotate, push .rods en- EGBERT SMIT gagedwith the pivoted shanks and spring Witnesses: means to re: an the gearactuating parts to FLEMlNG H. HOLDEN, their initial positions. V. ROYBYRD.

